English Explanatory Dictionary

Greenwich

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A place in England:
  2. A town on the south bank of the River Thames in south-east Greater London, England, through which the prime meridian passes (OS grid ref TQ3877).
  3. A royal borough in Greater London, which includes the town.
  4. A southern suburb of Ipswich, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM1742).
  5. A hamlet in Fonthill Gifford parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST9232).
  6. A number of places in the United States:
  7. A town and census-designated place therein, in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
  8. An unincorporated community in Limestone Township, Kankakee County, Illinois.
  9. A census-designated place in Sedgwick County, Kansas.
  10. A former town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, now largely submerged.
  11. A township and census-designated place therein, in Cumberland County, New Jersey.
  12. A township in Gloucester County, New Jersey.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡɹɛnɪt͡ʃ/ /ˈɡɹɪn-/ /-ɪd͡ʒ/ en-us-Greenwich.ogg En-uk-Greenwich.ogg /ˈɡɹinwɪt͡ʃ/

Word forms

Greenwich

Etymology

From Middle English Greenwich, from Old English Grēnawīċ, Grēnewīċ (literally “green harbour, green settlement”). Equivalent to green + -wich. The civil parish in New Brunswick may have been named after Greenwich near London, after Greenwich Village, or after Greenwich Street in Hampstead, New York.

Derived words

East Greenwich Greenwich Mean Time Greenwich Meridian Greenwich Park Greenwich pensioner Greenwich Time Greenwich Time Signal North Greenwich

Translations

Arabic: غْرِينِيتْش Armenian: Գրինվիչ Chinese Cantonese: 格林威治 Chinese Cantonese: 格林尼治 Chinese Mandarin: 格林尼治 Chinese Mandarin: 格林威治 Dutch: Groenewijk French: Greenwich Galician: Greenwich Georgian: გრინვიჩი Greek: Γκρίνουιτς Italian: Greenwich Japanese: グリニッジ Korean: 그리니치 Latvian: Griniča Russian: Гри́нвич Serbo-Croatian: Гринич Serbo-Croatian: Grinič Spanish: Greenwich Tamil: கிரீன்விச்
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